UNITED STATES v. BELL (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerome Michael BELL, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 16-10269

Decided: December 05, 2018

Before: CANBY, TASHIMA, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

Andrew Duncan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Brandon Jaroch, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USLV - Office of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, Elizabeth Olson White, Esquire, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USRE - Office of the US Attorney-Reno, Reno, NV, for Plaintiff - Appellee Russell E. Marsh, Esquire, Wright Marsh & Levy, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant - Appellant

MEMORANDUM **

The stay issued in this appeal on September 29, 2017, is lifted.

Jerome Michael Bell appeals from his guilty-plea conviction for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Bell contends that his armed bank robbery conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d) does not qualify as a predicate crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). This argument is foreclosed. See United States v. Watson, 881 F.3d 782 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, ––– U.S. ––––, 139 S.Ct. 203, ––– L.Ed.2d –––– (2018).

AFFIRMED.

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